Join The New York Times investigative reporter Eric Lipton as he takes audience members behind the scenes into efforts by the Trump administration to roll back environmental regulations. Lipton鈥檚 interactive presentation will be 抖阴短视频 Boulder鈥檚 second annual Ackland Lecture in Journalism.
Who: Free and open to the public
What: 鈥淓nvironmental Journalism in the Era of Trump鈥�
When: Monday, Oct. 22,听6:30 p.m.
Where: ATLAS Center, Room 100
A three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Lipton will recount his nationwide site visits鈥攊ncluding trips to Montana, Wyoming, Texas, Ohio and Illinois鈥攖o inspect the impact of policies the Trump administration has made on public health and the environment. Based on these visits and his reporting, he鈥檒l consider the implications these changes may have on future generations in coming decades.
Who are the former industry lobbyists and lawyers inside the Trump administration running the effort to roll back environmental protections? Did the resignation of Trump鈥檚 EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, make a difference in the administration's environmental impact? How much harm or benefit have these changes caused? Lipton will answer these questions and many others.
The annual series, which is free and open to the public, was created in 2017 to honor 抖阴短视频 Boulder Center for Environmental Journalism founding director Len Ackland. It is co-sponsored by the Center for Environmental Journalism; the College of Media, Communication and Information; the University of Colorado School of Law; the Albert A. Bartlett Science Communication Center; NEST Studio for the Arts;听and the Department of Journalism.
